A comparison between different methods to estimate the lateral dispersion parameter under convective conditions

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-231

  Degrazia, G A ^a   Mangia, C ^b   Rizza, U ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION;

EID: 0031807211     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0227:ACBDMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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